Lord of The Rings. The Wheel of Time. A Song of Ice and Fire. With a few exceptions, many of the most famous fantasy series of all time are set in an embellished version of boring old Medieval Europe. Listen, I don’t mean to shade Europe’s Dark Ages (no pun intended) but can’t we get a change of scenery every once in a while? Rolling green hills. Stone castles. Lake ladies throwing swords. It’s all so… blasé. Looking for fantasy that doesn’t retread familiar Medieval ground? These are the 10 best fantasy books not set in Medieval Europe, or any world resembling such.
The Dreamblood Duology
(Hachette Book Group)Beginning with the novel The Killing Moon, N.K. Jemison’s The Dreamblood Duology is an an epic fantasy series that takes place in a kingdoms inspired by North Africa. In the city state of Gujaareh, peace is enforced by the Dream Gatherers – a group of supernatural priests who harvest dream magic from sleeper’s minds in order to keep the populace spiritually pure. If the dreamer’s mind can’t be cleansed, they’re culled to maintain the social order. But a nightmare is beginning, innocent dreamers are turning up dead – and it’s Gatherer Ehiru’s job to figure why. In order to get to the bottom of a growing conspiracy, he’ll have to team up with a dreamer he was ordered to kill – lest the city fall to ruin.
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